Forging Ahead the True Story Of the Upward Progress Of Thomas James Wise, Prince Of Book Collectors, Bibliographer Extraordinary, and Otherwise

New York: Cooper Square Publishers, 1973. cloth. Wise, Thomas J.. 8vo. cloth. xiv, 315 pages. Reprint of the 1939 first edition. Some cover soiling.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939. 315 pages in very good, clean condition. Fore-edge yellowed, top edge lightly stained. Illustrated. Orange cloth with black titles. Spine a little faded, corners lightly bumped. Beige, illustrated DJ with red titles. Spine and edges darkened, small tears and chips on the corners and edges. Jacket soiled. Not price clipped. VG-/GOOD-.… Read more about this item

New York, G.P. Putnam, 1939.. FIRST EDITION. 8°, publisher's cloth with dust jacket (a few nicks and tears) In very good condition. Frontispiece, xiv, (1), 315 pp., 12 illustrations on 11 plates. *** FIRST EDITION. The text differs somewhat from that of the expanded London edition which appeared in 1946, titled Thomas J. Wise in the original cloth:… Read more about this item

New York, Cooper Square, 1973.. Large 8°, publisher's light blue buckram, vertical darker blue spine label with title stamped in gilt. As new. xiv, 315 pp., illustrations. *** Facsimile reprint of the New York, 1939 edition. The text differs somewhat from that of the London edition which appeared the same year with a different title.***